Kinwa Kali Kakor, DL-4m (Cretaceous of Pakistan)

Also known as PDL-4m, Vitakri, Mid Kinwa

Where: Balochistan, Pakistan (29.7° N, 69.4° E: paleocoordinates 13.4° S, 57.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vitakri Formation (Fort Munro Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• "... found from the red, maroon and greenish grey mud/clays/paleosol zone of upper of Pab Formation, just below or on the (K-T) boundary of Mesozoic (Cretaceous) and Cenozoic (Tertiary/Paleocene)... [found] in the Central periphery of Sulaiman range..."

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray, green, red claystone

• "The upper part of Pab Formation seems to be a continental fluviatile fresh water deposition in the Central periphery of Sulaiman range..."
• "... found from the red, maroon and greenish grey mud/clays/paleosol zone of upper of Pab Formation, just below or on the (K-T) boundary of Mesozoic (Cretaceous) and Cenozoic (Tertiary/Paleocene)."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. S. Malkani

Primary reference: M. S. Malkani. 2009. New Balochisaurus (Balochisauridae, Titanosauria, Sauropoda) and Vitakridrinda (Theropoda) remains From Pakistan. Sindh University Research Journal (Science Series) 41(2):65-92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220155: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.05.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia - Balochisauridae
Balochisaurus malkani
Balochisaurus malkani Malkani 2006 sauropod
skull, caudal vertebrae
 Saurischia - Pakisauridae
Khetranisaurus barkhani n. gen. n. sp.
Khetranisaurus barkhani n. gen. n. sp. Malkani 2004 sauropod
MSM-27-4
 Saurischia - Gspsauridae
Saraikimasoom vitakri
Saraikimasoom vitakri Malkani 2014 sauropod